Improved chair, bedstead, and crib



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MGGEEGCE, 0E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

. IMPROVED CHAIR, BEDSTEAD, AND CRIB.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 103,066, dated May 17, l1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MCGREGoR, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new andl useful Improvement in a Combined AIron Easy-Chair, Ottoman, Bedstead, and Ohilds Crib; and l do declare that'the followin gis a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being part of this specification, in.which 'Y Figure 1 shows my device folded up, to 'serveA as an ottoman or stool. Fig'. 2 shows it partially opened, as an arm-chair. Fig. 3 shows -it as a childscrib; and Fig. 4 shows it fully extended, as a bedstead.

Like letters refer to like parts in each figure. The nature of this invention relates to an improvement in the^coi1struction of an iron folding chair, by means of which the same may hemade, by shifting it into various positions,

` shown'in Fig..4. To the ends of the side rails of theseatframe are pivoted the side rails of the hack and foot frames B C, having similar latticed bottoms.

' l The chair or seati'rame is supported by legs D, pivoted thereto at a, and when in use are -stayed by a pair of hook-braces, E. By unhook- 1 ing the braces the legs may be folded np within :the rails of the seat-frame, and, with the other parts of the device folded `as shown in Fig. l, makes a very compact package for transportation. 4

F are arm-pieces, pivoted to the back frames at b, and to the levers G, whose other ends are pivoted to the seat-framesat o. The levers are provided with notches d in their rear or under edges, with which engage the pawls H, pivoted to the seat-frame. When the back frame is raised, as in Figs. 2 and 3, it is retained in position by the dogs or pawls H entering the notches. By turning down the pawls the back frame maybe thrown forward or back. In the latter case, if its extreme end be allowed to rest on the legs I, which are pivoted in its frame at e, it will assume a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 4.

The outer end of the foot-fra'me has pivoted to it a pair of legs, J, opening downward, and a bow-frame, K, opening upward, the latter serving as a headboard when the device is used as a bed, and as a foot-rest when the chair is being extended, as in Fig. 3, if the legs J were folded up, allowing the outer end of the foot'frame to rest on the iioor to serve as an invalids reclning'chair. I

The arm-pieces are upholstered, and thre cushions should be provided, one for ,each frame, when thedevice may readily be transformed from an ottoman to a chair, as in Fig. 2; from this, by lifting Cif the cushions and throwing down the foot frame and turning up the footrest, to a reclining-chair; from this position to a childs crib by raising up the end of the foot-frame and supporting it by the legs J, as in Fig. 3; and from this position into a bed by lowering the back-frame, as in Fig.

4'; finally, the whole may be folded up in a compact package two feet square and five inches deep, (without the cushions,) for convenience in transportation and stowing away. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The construction and arrangement of the seat-frame A, legs D, and braces E,fo'otframe C, legs J, and bowfrau.e K, back frame B, legs I, arm-pieces F, levers G, and pawls H, in the manner and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM MCGREGOR.

Witnesses: y

H. F. EBEETs, SAM. J. SPRAY. 

